Vending-machine.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

W L HOLLOWAY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 2, 1902.

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` W. L. HoLLoWAY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 1902.

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UNITED STATES atented September 8,1903.

PATENT v OFFICE.;

WILLIS L. HOLLOWAY, OF WESTBRANCI-I, IOW'A.

vENDlNe-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,613, dated September 8, 1903. Applicationiiled .Tune 2, 1902. Serial No. 109,977. (No model.)

To all whom tmc/y concern:

, Beit known that I, WILLIS L. HoLLoWAY,

acitizen of the United States, residingat Westbranch, in the county of Cedar and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Im provementsin Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and4 useful improvements in coin-controlled apparatus;

and its object is to provide a device of sirnple construction especially adapted for use in dispensing pencils.

A further object is to provide delivery-controlling means of novel construction operated by a lever which is adapted to be thrown into Working relation with said controlling means when the proper coin is placed within the apparatus. c v c Another object is to employ means for discharging the coin after the delivery of the ypencil or other article from the device.

` tion and arrangement of the several parts,

which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed'.

In the drawings, Figure l isa front elevation of the apparatus,the upper portion thereof being broken away to showhthe feed mechanism. Fig. `2 is a side elevation. averticaltransverse section through the lower portion of theV device. Fig. is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the mechanism for securing together the operating-lever and the deliverycontrolling mechanism. Figs. 6 and 7 are dethe delivery-controllingicmechanism. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary detail view of a portion of the operating-lever, the secondary lever and its standard, and a coin-pan' carried thereby, the parts being shownin position to dump the coin-pan.

'anism. Vvenience describe the mechanism contained Fig. 3 is Referring to the figures by numerals of reference,'l is a preferably rectangular casing having a lid 2, adapted to be secured in closed position'in any desired manner and extending over two similar hoppers 3, arranged at opposite sides of the vertical partition 4, eX- tending from front to rear of the casing. The compartments formed by this partition are similar, and each contains similar mech- I will, therefore, for the sake of conin one of the compartments. y

The hopper 3 is provided with a series of partitions 5, which converge toward the outlet of the hopper and are adapted to prevent wedging'of the pencils after the same have been placed within the hopper. These partitions converge toward each other at their lower portions, thus forming a plurality of chutes, the bottoms of which Vare just wide `enough to permit of the free passage of' a sinessary clogging may be avoided and the pencils will be continuously removed from the hopper a ratchet-wheel 9 is secured to the shaft 6 and adapted to be engaged by a pawl '10, pivoted to an arm 1l, which is loosely mounted on shaft 6 and connected by vmeans of a rod 12 to an arm 13, secured to the fulcrum-pin 14 of an operating-lever 15. This lever extends through a slot 16, formedwithin the front of the casing 1, and is provided at its outer end with a button 17, whereby the lever may be readily depressed by means of a linger of the operator. The arm 13 is adapted to swing upward when the button 17 is depressed, and thereby partly revolve the wheels 7 upon shaft 6. The lever 15 is mounted upon a standard 18, secured upon thebottom of the-casing, and a second leveri19uis jfulcrumed at the upper end of this standard and is provided with a threaded end 20, upon ICO arm 23.

1o front face of the casing.

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which ismounted an adjustable weight 21. The opposite end of this lever is provided with a cup 22, which is pivoted thereto and provided with a rearwardly-extending inclined This lever 19 is adapted to be normally balanced upon its fulcrum, and its cup 22 is normally located at a point directly under the outlet of a coin-tube 24, extending downwardly from a slot 25, arranged in the An L-shaped arm 26 extends upward from lever 15 at a point within the path of arm 23 and is for the pur-l pose hereinafter more fully described. A connecting-rod 27 is provided near one end with an upwardly-extending ear 28, which is pivoted to the rear end of lever 15. The for- I ward end of this connecting-rod extends upward to and rests upon a pin 29, extending laterally from lever 19, and when said lever zo 19 and its cup 22 move downwardly the lower end of the strip 27 is adapted to swing back 113, connected therewith, is swung upward. ,Strip 12 swings pawl 10 against the ratchet-v ;wheel 9 and partly revolves the wheels 7,

into a recess 30, formed within a lever 3l, arranged at right angles to lever 15 and adja-` cent to the rear end thereof. This lever 31 is fulcrumed upon a standard 32 and is provided in its upper and lower edges with slots 33. The upper slot receives a pin 34, which is adapted to engage an aperture 35, formed within a slide 36.

35 of L-shaped tines 39 extend from a cross-strip 40, secured to the upper slide 36, while a strip 41 is secured to the lower slide 38. This strip 41 normally rests beneath a passage 42, formed between the side wall ofthe casing and a par- 4o tition 43, arranged parallel thereto. This partition extends from a point underthe carrierwheels 7 down to a point above a concave outlet-passage 44, which terminates in a receiving-tray 45, arranged upon the outer face of The ends of the tines 39'normally lie within apertures 46, formed ,7 within the partition 43' at a distance above the strip 41 equal to the diameter of the pencil to be discharged.

In operation a suitable coin is placed in the slot 25, and tube 24 will guide it downward into cup 22. The additional weight of the coin in said cup will overbalance the adjust-v able weight 2l, and the' cup 22 will be carrieddownward. Duringthisdownward movement arm 23 will be sw-ung forward slightly in order to'escape the end of arm 26 on lever 15, but will immediately resume its normal position upon passing-below the said arm.

6o As lever 19 moves downward the connectingrod 27 will swing upon its fulcru'm 28, and the lower end of said rod will swing into aperture 30, thereby locking'levers 15 and 31 together. Lever 15 is then depressed by forcing down button 17. This will cause the arm 26 to press downward upon arm 23 and revolve the cup 22, thereby discharging the j42. ,cils are contained within the passage 42 at all The remaining 3o slot 33 receives a similar pin, which engages coin which has been deposited therein. The rear end of the lever 15 will move 'upward and cause lever 31 to swing upon its fulcrum. This movement of lever 31 will retract the lower slide 38 and simultaneously move slide 36 forward. The tines 39 will move into position above the lowest pencil contained within passage 42, while strip 4l will be removed from under the same, and said pencil will drop into the outlet-passage 44 and be received into tray 45, from which it can be removed by the operator. As soon as lever 15 is released it will be returned to normal position by means of a coiled spring 47 or in any other suitable manner, and tines 39 will Vthen be retracted and strip 41 projected, and the pencils contained within the passage 42 v,will move downward until supported by said fstrip. The foregoing operation can then be ,'repeated.

Each time the lever 15 is depressed the arm thereby delivering a pencil into the passage In this manner the same number of pentimes.

As before described, the apparatus within each compartment within the casing is the same. One compartment, however, may con- Itain pencils adapted to be delivered upon the Iinsertion of a coin of one value, while the re- ,maining compartment may dispense pencils of a dierent value. The levers and the slots Lights of glass may be arranged within the sides of the casing, so as to reveal the contents of the passages 42. As the weights 21 `are adjustable, the apparatus can be adapted for use with coins of various weights.

In the foregoing description I have shown lthe preferred form of my invention; butI do not desire to be limited thereto, as I am 4,aware that modifications may bemad'e there- ,in without departing from the spirit or sacriticing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with a casing having an outlet and a hopper above said outlet, of a carrier-wheel interposed between the hopper and outlet and having recesses in its edge, a ratchet revoluble with the wheel, a pawl for revolving the ratchet, an operating-lever, and a rod connecting said lever and pawl whereby the wheel is partly rotated during the depression of the lever.

2. In a vending-machine, a hopper to contain the articles to be sold, a plurality of chutes opening from the hopper, a carrier to receive the articles, a passage into which the -articles are discharged from the carrier, al-

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`of the two compartments are preferably arl .ranged at opposite sides of the casing.

3. Ina vending-machine, a hopper to con tain the articles to` be sold, a plurality of chutes arranged to guide a single article, a carrier to receive the articles from each of said chutes simultaneously, apassageinto which vthe articles are discharged from Athe carrier, alternately-operable stops in the pas- 'lever fulcrumed on the standard, means to operatively connect the lever and the stops, an `operating `member and means whereby motion is simultaneously conveyed from the said member to the carrier and the stops.

45. In a vending-machine, a hopper to hold thearticles to be sold, a carrier to receive the articles from the hopper, a passage into which the articles are `discharged from the carrier, a standard, stops slidingly arranged on the standard, a lever fulcrumed on the standard and engaging the stops to alternatelyproject them into the passage, an operating member,

to swing the lever to actuate the stops, and 3o means connecting said operating member and the carrier, whereby the release of an article from the passage operates the carrier to discharge an article into the passage.

6. In a vending-machine, ahopper, to hold 3 5 the articles to be sold, a carrier to receive the articles, apassage into which the articles are discharged from the carrier,a standard ,guides on the standard, stops slidingly arranged in the guides, and having pins thereon, a lever 4o fulcrumed on the standard, and having slots to receive the said pins, means to actuate the carrier,and an operating member havingcon- ,nection with the said means and the lever, whereby the carrier and the stops are actu- 45 atedsimultaneously. Y

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIS L. I-IOLLOWAY. Witnesses: l

G. C.` HOOVER, N. I-I. CRooK. 

